Here is a quote from Naomi Shihab Nye:

• Importance of literature and how it calms us and helps us relax from the world and takes a break on life
• We need it for comfort
• It's apart of us
• And how it connects to imagery and the ability for you to interpret your own point of view

Arabic Coffee

• Family that uses coffee like it's part of life
• How they prepare it like with the stove
• Coffee is a symbol of family because I know whenever I have family over my parents are always like want a cup of coffee
• A time where you can talk, and socialize

My Grandmother in the Stars

• It doesn't matter where you live because you never live in one place
• Flashback? To when his grandmother was alive
• They are telling the story from one that already happened
• Like how they look at the moon and how it flashes us
• Actually happened